{"id":1959711,"date":"2023-06-28T18:29:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T22:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-launches-kremlin-purge-after-coup-attempt\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T18:30:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T22:30:01","slug":"putin-launches-kremlin-purge-after-coup-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-launches-kremlin-purge-after-coup-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin purges Kremlin after failed coup."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fputin-launches-kremlin-purge-after-coup-attempt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1959711&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Russian President Vladimir Putin Makes Personnel Changes in Response to Wagner Group Mutiny<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>Russian president Vladimir Putin \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Russian president Vladimir Putin has taken decisive action following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/potential-mutinying-white-house-press-corps-fume-over-biden-administrations-extra-control-over-media-coverage\/\" title=\"Potential \u2018Mutinying?\u2019: White House Press Corps Fume Over Biden Administration\u2019s \u2018Extra Control\u2019 Over Media Coverage\">mutiny<\/a> by the Wagner Group last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-the-bidens-got-rich-while-americans-got-robbed\/\" title=\"Donald Trump: 'The Bidens Got Rich While Americans Got Robbed'\">putin<\/a>-launches-kremlin-purge-after-coup-attempt\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Putin purges Kremlin after failed coup.&#8221;>making significant personnel<\/a> changes within the highest ranks of the Russian military.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Sergei Surovikin, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-police-union-aclu-to-blame-for-rise-in-crime\/\" title=\"Calif. police union: ACLU to blame for rise in crime\">senior general<\/a> who had previously supported Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, has mysteriously disappeared since the rebellion began on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The <em>New York Times<\/em>, citing U.S. officials, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/russian-general-prigozhin-rebellion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that Surovikin had prior knowledge of the mutiny, leading to suspicions that he is currently being <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/06\/28\/russian-general-who-knew-about-mutiny-is-missing-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interrogated<\/a> about his involvement in planning the rebellion. Surovikin, who previously led Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine before being demoted in January, served as the main point of contact between Wagner and the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In a video message, Surovikin was last seen ordering Wagner fighters to stand down. However, his demeanor appeared strained, leading officials to compare it to a &#8220;hostage video,&#8221; according to the <em>Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Russian security forces have also begun cracking down on sympathizers and those who violated their oath, according to a source close to Prigozhin cited by the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/1d084fc7-d249-451d-b791-56a05b9010fc?accessToken=zwAAAYkDZl4Jkc8dCE_H0klFHdO3kVagW5AQ_A.MEUCIBiBR9zcoxSVY_OxetA3i0LHBxs77Qxg4tMaLwDSenVdAiEAqX-ft1ItI9g3GEyJ8nXsW8KEX0jRRavILKnDwo_donI&#038;segmentId=e95a9ae7-622c-6235-5f87-51e412b47e97&#038;shareType=enterprise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Financial Times<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>However, amidst the aftermath of the insurrection, Putin is also rewarding his loyal allies. Viktor Zolotov&#8217;s National Guard has received heavy artillery and tanks, indicating an increased role in future operations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Furthermore, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and General Valery Gerasimov, who replaced Surovikin as the top commander in January, have reportedly seen their influence grow in recent days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian president Vladimir Putin has reshuffled top military positions after the recent mutiny by the Wagner Group. Senior general Sergei Surovikin, who had backed Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, has been missing since the rebellion started on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2109,"featured_media":1959712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1959711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2109"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1959711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1959712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1959711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1959711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1959711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}